The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-12

MVMbIhO1 AONbUNg NO@n ASAbN
= We devote q great deal oil space
perhaps altogether too much, its value
considerable another paper from
Mr.. lie Vert who rejoinsto the ArPEAL
in words and figures fall Of specious.
ness. Mr.. LIE Vert says:
I'm last Sundays ArrAAL l tc.k the posi-
ton that Alabama, Mississippi and West
Tennessee wore not improving. and advent
cd the propriety Of sGitA iuE immigration as
ono Of tho means which Memphis should
adopt for the good Of those Sta.es dire ily
and fer her own evthtSal good. The ArPnAL
took issue with me, contending that the
States named were improving and that tho
agitation Of immigration to tho South was
both impracticabls aud Unnecessary. Im-
practicable because the scheme Of obtaining
immigration had been tried and was = fail
ure, and unnecessary so far as the growth and
prosT Gritty of Memphis Is concerned, adding
that the trade 10 the States under discussion
is SQUAD enough to bear the weg At Of an in
croAsing trade that makes Memoirs con
spicuous as the largest inlsnd cotton market
in the world and one Of the best grocery
markets In the U ion."
This is not q candid statement Of
the APPEALS position. We did not
say that immigration was not neces-
sary. No such sentiment has ever
found utterance in the APPEAL at any
time. We did not even suggest OIL
hint that immigration was not neces
Bary. This Is what we said
We published communication yesterday
from lie Vert" in reference to the condi
ton of tho country contrib ltory to Mem
phis and Of the cit itself ha, must have at
tracted some attention. Ii contained SOM
assertions that d not quite agree with TIL
statistics OF the census returns OF 1881, an
sugge sts a movement for the encouragement
ofimmiEt alton that has been tried man,
times and has al Ways fai ed. 1t is impossi
bio for any of the Southern States, excep
Texas, to turn tho tide OF immigration 4
this direction so long rs tie Northwest offer
land at 81 Is per acre. There is but littl
public land in tho South, and whore Their
are large bodies OF unoccup iod land to b
found they are held by spectators a; spocu
lativo prices. Anxious ~ cell for profit, an
large profit, they hold their lands unit
sucL profit offers. They will not go int
immigration movements. If large bodies
lands eoaid be procured at = reasonabl
price and sold on time to Immigrants sem,
thing mi.ht be done toward turniug h
stream Of immigration SOu,huArd. But the
the negro would be eurd looming up Is
barrier TO stay that stream. European In
migrants have pref udics against the neEr
and they will not put themselves on . lev
with him Commissioner MoWhirter, wi
was tire ess in his endsAVor TO 20 urs en-
grants, was the means OF inducing sever
thousand antilles to come to Tennessee fro
Indiana, Ohio and Illinois and perhaps Wi
consin, But those were all vol to do poop
who were attracted b. the climate partic
lTly. They we're able to pay IRON
to sl2 per acre for land, and We
not deferred by the great member
negroes. Col. McWhirt,r, who gave Il
subject very cloe and INTEL gent attenii
for years, proposed the establishment Of on
grant depOts at New Orleans and the Sou
Atlantic c ties whence emigrants might
distributed through tho country as they
from New York. Before tho war n Er
many emgrants landing at New 0rlel
found their WSv to the West by the Mis-.
sippi river, and II was hoped as one result
the Exposition that this scheme might
revived. But after many meetings, 90
earnest appe lie and great deal Of preli
nary printing 1t fell through. 1t would
work. New York controls all the EuIop
steamship lines, AID thess control
emigration In sonnseti N with
great trunk lines OF railroad. To
up asAi 1t these would be mere even 4
the Southern States combined could unt
take. The North and South reads in
trans Mississippi country are dSinE 90
thing 10 feet the stream Of smiErGt
but that Is because there are plenty of Oh
Iants 10 9 had In ISIas. When the Inc
Territory is opened up there will bs
greater advantages In that direction for
Door man. Tho W,st controls he rear
emigration beeau Of its cheaper lands
it will for tome time continue to eontro
The average price Of lard in the South
hibits immigration.
These are facts, and cannot be
cesstully coutroverted or gainsaid.
to the comparison made by lie
Of the increase of population
tween 1870 and 1880 by Aiaba
Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkan